Rabi-ul-Awwal

First Mosque which was build in Rabi-ul-Awwal

Masjid al-Quba

Importance of Rabi al-awwal:

Rabi' al-awwal (ربيعالأوّل)
is the third month in the Islamic calendar. During this month, Muslims around
the world celebrate Mawlid - the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Sunni Muslims believe the exact date of birth of Muhammad to have been on the
twelfth of this month, whereas Shi'a Muslims believe him to have been born on
the dawn of the seventeenth day. The name Rabī‘ al-awwal means the
first [month] or beginning of spring, referring to its position in
the pre-Islamic Arabian calendar before the practice of intercalation was
abolished.